I have a solution to customize a 'half title' page.
This 'book.titlepage.before.recto' generates the book title, and
includes a variable 'halftitle' which turns on/off the
titlepage.before.recto:
<xsl:template name="book.titlepage.before.recto">
<xsl:if test="$halftitle != 0">
<fo:block xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";
xsl:use-attribute-sets="booktitleprops">
<xsl:attribute name="space-before">
<xsl:value-of select="$halftitlespacebefore"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="book.titlepage.recto.mode"
select="d:bookinfo/d:title|d:info/d:title|d:title"/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
And the verso always generates, even if there is no content (I specify
content for this with d:cover[@role='halftitle']):
<xsl:template name="book.titlepage.before.verso">
<xsl:if test="$halftitle != 0">
<fo:block xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";
xsl:use-attribute-sets="book.titlepage.verso.style"
break-before="page"
break-after="odd-page">
<xsl:apply-templates mode="book.titlepage.verso.auto.mode"
select="d:info/d:cover[@role='halftitle']"/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
But I also had to modify 'book.titlepage' to get the order of templates
and page breaks correct - the standard template generates content in
'book.titlepage.before.verso' */after '/*book.titlepage.recto', which is
incorrect order.
<xsl:template name="book.titlepage">
<fo:block xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";>
<!--<xsl:variable name="recto.content">
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.before.recto"/>
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.recto"/>
</xsl:variable>-->
<!--halftitle order added 5/10/12:-->
<xsl:variable name="halftitle.content">
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.before.recto"/>
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.before.verso"/>
</xsl:variable>
<!--end mod-->
<xsl:variable name="recto.elements.count">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="function-available('exsl:node-set')"><xsl:value-of
select="count(exsl:node-set($halftitle.content)/*)"/></xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="contains(system-property('xsl:vendor'), 'Apache Software
Foundation')">
<!--Xalan quirk--><xsl:value-of
select="count(exsl:node-set($halftitle.content)/*)"/></xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>1</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:if test="(normalize-space($halftitle.content) != '') or
($recto.elements.count > 0)">
<fo:block><xsl:copy-of select="$halftitle.content"/></fo:block>
</xsl:if>
<!--<xsl:variable name="verso.content">
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.before.verso"/>
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.verso"/>
</xsl:variable>-->
<!--title order added 5/10/12:-->
<xsl:variable name="titlepage.content">
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.recto"/>
<fo:block break-after="page"/><!--force titlepage verso to start on next
page ****OK 5/10/12-->
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.verso"/>
</xsl:variable>
<!--end mod-->
<xsl:variable name="verso.elements.count">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="function-available('exsl:node-set')"><xsl:value-of
select="count(exsl:node-set($titlepage.content)/*)"/></xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="contains(system-property('xsl:vendor'), 'Apache Software
Foundation')">
<!--Xalan quirk--><xsl:value-of
select="count(exsl:node-set($titlepage.content)/*)"/></xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>1</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:if test="(normalize-space($titlepage.content) != '') or
($verso.elements.count > 0)">
<fo:block><xsl:copy-of select="$titlepage.content"/></fo:block>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:call-template name="book.titlepage.separator"/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
Dave
On 01-10-12 11:50 AM, Bob Stayton wrote:
Hi Dick,
Take a look at callout #12 on this page:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/HTMLTitlePage.html#TitlePageElems
It includes mention of of a template named t:titlepage-before
t:side="recto", which by default generates an empty placeholder
template named 'book.titlepage.before.recto' that is executed before
the recto titlepage. You could most add a customized
'book.titlepage.before.recto' template to your customization. If you
want it to generate a page, you would need to wrap your content in a
page-sequence, which can be done by calling the utility template
"page.sequence", which is defined in fo/component.xsl.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
[email protected]
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From: "Richard Hamilton" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:22 PM
To: "DocBook Apps" <[email protected]>
Subject: [docbook-apps] Page before inside title
Has anyone figured out how to do a page before the inside title in a
DocBook book? This is typically a page that has blurbs, etc., and
normally appears as the very first page in a book, before the inside
title page.
I can get a page after the inside title and before the TOC by using
<dedication>, but I can't figure out how to get something in front of
the inside title.
Thanks,
Dick Hamilton
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